Question
‘The seed contains the future plant.’ Why is it said so?

Answer

The seed has an embryo in it , which under suitable conditions of temperature, moisture and air undergoes growth (germination) the portion penetrative underground is coleoptile (radical) and the one piercing out to form aerial portion is plumule cotyledon(s) provide nourishment to the growing embryonic till it is capable to absorb nutrition from the soil and photosynthesize.

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